2022, Cilt 52, Sayı 4, Sayfa(lar) 310-315 |
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Evaluation of the COVID-19 Antibody Screening Results of Factory Employees |
Selçuk Kaya, Ufuk Akbayırlı, Tamer Arkalı |
İzmir Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Tıbbi Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, İzmir, Türkiye |
Keywords: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 antibody, serological test |
Objective: Accurate and rapid diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19), which started in December
2019 and caused a pandemic in a short time, is necessary for effective epidemic measures. Most infected
patients develop an antibody response within 14 days. Serology tests based on antibody measurement are
useful in understanding the prevalence in the population as well as supporting the diagnosis. In this study, it was
aimed to evaluate COVID-19 antibody positivity in factory workers.
Methods: The results of 6836 factory workers who were sent to our hospital for COVID-19 antibody screening
between August 2020 and September 2020 were evaluated retrospectively. Sera obtained from blood
samples were studied by chemiluminescence immunoassay method. Age and gender data from demographic
characteristics were also included in the study.
Results: A total of 6836 people with a mean age of 37.6 ± 10.1 years were included in the study. COVID-19
total antibody positivity was detected in 554 (8.1%) of factory workers. There was a significant difference in the
mean age between the positive and negative groups formed according to the COVID-19 total antibody results
(p=0.008). When the distribution is made according to the COVID-19 antibody results, the greater part (6.2%) of
the people who were found to be positive had a low level of positivity. There was also a significant difference in
the COVID-19 total antibody results between age groups (p=0.002).
Conclusion: The detection of COVID-19 antibody positivity at a rate of 8.1% in factory workers in the early
period of the epidemic shows that serological tests can be useful in surveillance scans to determine the size of
the epidemic.
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